Building Websites of the Future With Drupal 7

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A toolbox filled with everything you need to create sites from the smallest personal site all the way through a site with tens of thousands of registered users. Building Websites of the Future with Drupal 7 What is Drupal? So… what’s up with this thing called Drupal? What is it? jay-epstein.com @jeppy64

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Building Websites of the Future with Drupal 7 Where did it come from? So… what’s up with this thing called Drupal? The quick Drupal history lesson jay-epstein.com @jeppy64

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Building Websites of the Future with Drupal 7 Where did it come from? ,[object Object],jay-epstein.com @jeppy64

Building Websites of the Future with Drupal 7 2000 2010 7,000,000 plus A College Project 10 Years and more than 2% of the entire web uses Drupal… Really? Who uses Drupal? jay-epstein.com @jeppy64

Building Websites of the Future with Drupal 7 jay-epstein.com Drupal installation environments What platforms “play nice”? Drupal requires a web server capable of running PHP and a database. Databases Web servers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Server Environment Local Environment Drupal 7 requires minimum PHP 5.2 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Optional @jeppy64 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Building Websites of the Future with Drupal 7 jay-epstein.com Drupal content layer Content is king. Drupal content scales with you. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Default content types: @jeppy64 Modules Modules extend Drupal core to perform additional tasks. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Add fields to extend content: Taxonomy Create your own tags, lists and vocabularies to classify content.

Building Websites of the Future with Drupal 7 jay-epstein.com Drupal content layer Content is king. Drupal content scales with you. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Blocks @jeppy64 Views ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Views is the single most important module to master.

Building Websites of the Future with Drupal 7 jay-epstein.com Drupal presentation layer Making it pretty… Hundreds of free base themes. “Pay for” themes available. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Base Theme @jeppy64 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Subtheme Header Region Main Region Block Block Block Block Block Block Block Footer Region

Building Websites of the Future with Drupal 7 jay-epstein.com Drupal presentation layer Making it pretty… Ensuring that ALL devices see ALL of your content. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Responsive Theme @jeppy64 Header Region Main Region Block Block Block Block Block Block Block Footer Region

Building Websites of the Future with Drupal 7 jay-epstein.com Drupal permissions and roles. Who’s allowed to do what. Drupal allows fine grained of everything! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Roles @jeppy64 Example: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Building Websites of the Future with Drupal 7 jay-epstein.com Drupal software as a serice. (Saas) All the benefits – no work! All core, module and theme updates are automatic! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Drupal Gardens: PROS @jeppy64 Drupal Gardens: CONS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Building Websites of the Future with Drupal 7 Welcome Links & Stuff jay-epstein.com @jeppy64 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],A Few of the Big Boys I hang out at: Thanks for listening!

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